The Irish standard., 1887-06-18
FARM BUDGET.

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WHEN the boy raises calf the cow
should be his.
In order to be up with the times farm
er, nowadays. requires combination OF
ample practice and full knowledge.
CorToS culture may be considered fairly
| profitable on yield of 500 pounds of lint
| 500 pounds of fiber and 1000 pounds OF
seed to the acre. Soil that produces such
a crop is worth 500 an acre.
MUCK mixed with lime is very good for
use upon poor soils about the grape
vines. This has a tendency to promote
root growth in the vines and serves like
purpose when applied to raspberry bushes
MANY Of the merchant princes, business
men in large cities and mlll,onalres
throughout our land can revert to the time
when, either as hired men or sons of small
farmers, they learned the lesson Of self
reliance and laid the foundations OF habits
| which insured them success in after years.
| WHEY is useful but imperfect food;
| when fed to calves, Oil meal should be add.
ed to it in the proportion OF one-quarter OF
d pound Of meal dissolved in hot whey. to
a gallon Of whey. Wheat bran, ground
oats or barley may be used instead OF meal
aud increased to suit Che age and capacity
Of the calf.
| F1sTULA or soft swelling in the neclls OF
| horses, frequently caused by illy-htting
collars, may be treated by opening on the
lower side and dressing twice a day with
wash Of warm water. followed by che
dram Of nincture OF lnyrrh and aloes. If The
swelling has not gained much headway,
| satrratc with hot water, dry and trea,
| with iodine ointment.
la, oi,o 4bo q
| coat Of something to preserve them from
the weather, q fine green varn;:,h may be
nalie OF q small quantity Of Chinese blue,
| with double the quantity of very finely
ground chronlate Of 10 ash: ;lt.d q sufficient
| quantity Of copal val'Ei sh rilnlled WIFI!
| turpent!ne. The tone may De altered by
add .ng more or less OF one or the other OF
| the ingral:enss.
AS a protection to trees against mice,
rabbits. borers, etr., q screen made OF
| common window wire is recommended.
The Wra is cut into strips about six inches
wide. across the END Of the roll (Which is
usually about two feet in wilti), and III,
strips wound around q broom handle.
When placed around trees the spring Of
the Wire holds Them in place, and they do
not bind the trees.
If the fodder is cut up into small! bits it
may be fed dry, but it will be more pal
atable ii mostened. Sprinkle OF q little
salt and meal cr bran, an.i allow it to heat
| a trifle before feeding. 1t is true that The
feeding value Of ration does not depend
on its palatability--but we all know that
We relish those foods that taste the best,
and il is well to remember tLls in feeding
stock.
IT is asserted by q writer on equine Pc
l. 1,-
cured III u very simple manner, which we
discovered and put into practice on one Of
the worst jumpers ever born. 1t WAS
! merely punching small holes i'll the tip
ends OF the ears and then fastening the
ears back along the neck to the mane
The horse can then be turned out to past
ure with & reasonable assurance Of fad
ing him there when wanted, as a horse
can not jump without throwing his cars
! forward"
BLACK ROT IN fowls, in many cases, is
caused by want of exercise, continued
| san1eness of food, indigestion, etc, as the
symptoms given are those of black rot
They may have been fed too high. They
should be fed with a greater variety OF
food not st2uul ulatiny i'll its nature, aud
made to scratch for it in leaves or chaff.
Give gravel, powdered charcoal and shells.
The death by bleeding is evidently caused
BY rush Of blood to the head, which is Ger.
| tanly brought on by high feeding The rem
edy is obvious. Give plenty OF green food,
pure water and clean gravel to eat, and
reduce the heavy food. Use no egg. food
or any thing stimulating
The sweet potato is comm only regarded
as an expensive luxury, yet it is easily
grown, and with equal care and culture
zx,i}l 1+,,io fa q a2raoia1.
ly on poor ground. It's rampant vines
necessary, In some of the Southern
States the sweet potato is planted for
stock feed for pigs, which, when the crop
is ripe are turned in and do their own
harvesting. The sweet they contain is
very fattening, but it does not make very
solid pork. The vines Of potatoes are
greetiiiy eaten by COWS, and have none Of
the poisonous qualities Of our common pop
tato. which is of 81 family containing many
poisonous plants.
Cows fed upon clean timothy and clover
hay and watered from we'll as the water
is pumped for them have no sufficient
cause for securing. unless the water is inn
pure. Wells in Darn-yards are almost al
ways more or less forled by the drainage
from the manure. The continued fltering
Of the manure water through the soil for
years, at last finds passage in to 5tie we'll
and makes the water unwholesome. No
doubt this is very common cause of dis
eases among farm stock and quite often
sickens or kills the persons W ho use the
water. Oats and shorts should not cause
disorder Of the bowels; the hay might do
it if there was ergot in it, but the water is
the most probable source of the trouble.